Curtain holder



Dec. 31 1929. H. DALTON CURTAIN HOLDER Filed July 9, 1928 .ZfuertINVENTOR flaliom Patented Dec. 31, 1929 UNETED STATES HUBERT DALTON, OFSTAMFORD, CONNECTICUT PATENT QFFI'CE CURTAIN HOLDER Application filedJuly 9, 1928.

5 frame when the admission of light or air is desired.

An object of the invention is to provide a cheap and simple curtainholder which can be mounted at either side of the opening, withoutalteration of its construction, and so secured at one end that it can bereadily moved out of the way when not needed, or Y put into operativeposition; thus serving its intended purpose.

The nature of the invention will be made clear from the followingdescription taken with the drawings by which one embodiment of myinvention is illustrated. This disclosure, however, is not to beconstrued as limiting the invention, for I reserve the right to make anychanges that do not exceed the scope of the appended claims.

On the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a curtain holder according to myinvention; mounted at the side of a window;

Fig. 2 is a top view of the holder in its operative position;

Fig. 3 is a side view thereof;

Fig. 4: is a section on line 44 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a side view showing the parts when the curtain is released.

The same numerals identify the same parts throughout.

On the drawing, the curtain holder is shown as comprising an arm 1, oneend of which is bent over as shown at 2; the other end is attached to abracket 8 by means of a rivet 4 and this end is provided with a slot 5through which the rivet extends so that the arm may not only be tiltedup and down on this rivet but also move lengthwise as far as the slot 5will permit.

The bracket for mounting the curtain holder arm can be stamped out of asingle piece of metal and it comprises .a bent-over end or base 6 havingapertures 7 therethrough at its opposite ends. On its upper and lowersides the bracket has shoulders 8 from which pro- Serial No. 291,423.

ject stops 9 turned out away from the base at the top and bottom edgesof the arm 1. The bracket 3 may have an opening 10 for the rivet at.These two parts or stops 9 are sepa rated by a space equal to the widthof the...

curtain holder bar 1 and the end of this bar adjacent the rivet at has apair of suitable recesses 11. The head of the rivet which engages thebar 1 is enlarged as shown at 12 so as to be bigger than the width ofthe slot T o mount the holder, fastening devicesi13 are inserted throughthe holes 7 and forced into the side of a window frame 14.- or the like.At the top of this frame is a bar 15 to support curtains, one of whichis showi'r at 16. The end 2 is turned away from the window, so that thecurtain will not slip off.

In practice when the curtain holder arm is to be secured in operative orbraced position,

it is manipulated to push the end having the recesses 11 between thelugs 9. The outer end of the bar will then tend to sink of its ownweight moving the upper recess 11 so that the upper lug 9 enters it;hence the bar is not only maintained substantially horizontal but ean-.

not he pulled outward with respect to the bracket. If the bracket withthe bar in this position is now made fast to the side of a door orwindow frame, the curtain or drapery attached to the top of the framecan be hung over the bar so as not to obstruct the opening through theframe; as shown in Figure 1. The curtain or drapery can not slip off thebar 1, because of the bent over end 2.

If the holder is not needed, one only needs to lift the outer end todisengage the upper recess 11 from the upper stop 9. The arm can then bepulled outward, the rivet 4 permitting the arm to slide because of theslot 5, and as soon as the adjacent end clears the stop 9 the arm 1 candrop to vertical position at the side of the frame and be supported bythe rivet until it is again required for use.

This holder can be aflixed to either side of the frame. To put it ontheright hand side of the frame in Figure 1. the holder and bracket aresimply rotated about the long axis of the arm 1, through half a turn, or180. Thus the holder is reversible.

The construction of the holder is therefore exceedingly simple and caneasily and cheaply be made in large quantities for domestic and otheruse. Any occupant of a home or any other building can easily mount it inthe required manner by tacks or other fastening devices driven throughthe openings 7.

I claim: 1. In a curtain holder, consisting of a bracket in the form ofan angle having a base joined at one side by a holding plate, said baseadapted to be attached to a window frame, said holding plate formed withupper and lower shoulders and having vertically extending stop lugsdeflected laterally from the shoulders and forming a central spacebounded by the transverse end edges of the stop lugs, said stop lugslying in a plane parallel to the plane of the base and projecting fromthe side of the holding plate opposite to that from which the baseprojects, an arm and a pivot for securing the arm with a lost motioneffect to the holding plate and on the stop lug side thereof, to providefor relative movement loosely of the arm in said central space betweenthe transverse end edges of the stop lugs, and means on the arm in theform of a notch for each stop lug adapted to be positively inter-engagedwith the transverse end edges of the stop lugs.

2. In a curtain holder, consisting of a bracket in the form of an anglehaving a base joined at one side by a holding plate, said base adapted.to be attached to a window frame, said holding plate formed with a pairof spaced shoulders and having vertically er;-

tending stop lugs deflected late rally from the shoulders and forming acentral space bounded by the transverse end edges of the stop lugs whichlie in a plane parallel to the plane of the base, an arm and a pivot forsecuring the arm with a lost motion effect to the hold ing plate, toprovide for relative movement loosely of the arm in said central spacebetween the transverse end edges of the stop 5 lugs and about the pivotas a center, means on the arm for each stop lug for cooperationtherewith, adapted for inter-engagement with the transverse end edge ofthe stop lug, said arm and stop lugs being on the side of the holdingplate opposite to that from which the base projects, the bracket and armdesigned to be turned through an arc of 180 to provide for use of theholder either at the right-hand side or the left-hand side of the windowframe, that one of the stop lugs which comprises the upper stop lug,depending on the position of the bracket and arm, whether on theleft-hand side or right-hand side of the window frame, adapted to haveits transverse end edge inter-engaged with the arm for sustaining thearm in a position of use.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name hereto,

.5 V HUBERT DALTON.

